12th Shellfish Safety Workshop

Dave Clarke, Marine Institute

This one-day event is an opportunity for everyone working in the areas of shellfish aquaculture and food safety to meet, present and discuss

Marine Institute

The Marine Institute in conjunction with the FSAI, SFPA, BIM and IFA Aquaculture are delighted to invite you to the next Shellfish Safety Workshop, which will take place at Marine Institute, Galway on the 17th October 2023. This will be the 12th in the series of workshops which commenced in 2000, with the last one held in Oct 2019.This one-day event is an opportunity for everyone working in the areas of shellfish aquaculture and food safety and to meet and discuss the current issues, latest trends and patterns, and the latest research advances in the field. The workshop welcomes participation from the shellfish industry, regulators, scientists, and researchers. The principle aims of this workshop are: <ul><li>To continue our strong working relationship and communication with the Irish shellfish industry and state agencies in the promotion of high quality and safe shellfish, through presentations, discussions, and debate and to generate key questions and potential areas for future research. </li></ul><ul><li>Review current and future direction of our monitoring programmes and shellfish safety systems, to continually adapt to challenges to ensure we can support and enhance aquaculture sustainability and food safety into the future. </li></ul><ul><li>Continue to build a shared understanding and interpretation of food safety risks arising from biotoxin and microbiological contamination, to support risk management decisions and provision of scientific advice. </li></ul><ul><li>Present recent and ongoing key research which benefits and supports the shellfish aquaculture industry and regulators; and to encourage national and international scientific collaboration with industry, state agencies, researchers, and academic institutions. </li></ul>The day will include keynote presentations from international colleagues on developments of key importance to shellfish safety in Ireland. In addition, there will be updates and findings presented from national monitoring and research programmes for phytoplankton, biotoxins and microbiological contamination. This in person event will have a poster session and exhibition stands providing an opportunity for further discussion and to meet with representatives and colleagues from a variety of state agencies, academic and research institutions, and the shellfish industry in an informal environment.

SHELLFISH SAFETY WORKSHOP, OCTOBER 17TH, 2023 
Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Co. Galway

Agenda
 
9:00 	Registration 

9:40 	Welcome and Introduction
Joe Silke, Marine Institute
 	 
 Session 1: Microbiological contamination of bivalve shellfish
9:50 	Microbiology keynote: Stemming the rising tide of Vibriosis
Craig Baker-Austin, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 
 	 
10:20 	Microbiological classification of shellfish production areas 
Michelle Moloney, Sea Fisheries Protection Authority 
 	 
10:40 	Shellfish Microbiology National Reference Laboratories at the Marine Institute 
Sinead Keaveney, Marine Institute
 	 
10:50 	Coffee break – Posters and Stands (30 minutes) - Brendan the Navigator room
 	 
Session 2: Norovirus and marine environment
11:20 	Norovirus testing and trends in bivalve shellfish production areas and end-product 
Leon Devilly, Marine Institute
 	 
11.30 	Risk management of norovirus in Irish oyster production areas 
Agnieszka Rupnik, Marine Institute
 	 
11.50	Wastewater authorisation requirements for shellfish waters 
Niall Horgan, Uisce Éireann
 	 
12:10 	Telling the story of shellfish
Richard Donnelly, Bord Iascaigh Mhara
 	 
12:30 	Lunch (1h 15 m) - Coriolis Restaurant
 Session 3: Marine Biotoxins 
13.45 	A History Lesson 
Finian O’Sullivan, IFA Aquaculture
 	 
14:05 	Marine Biotoxin Keynote: Great challenges in detecting and remediating HABs and their toxins - the UN Ocean Decade action HAB-Solutions
Phillip Hess, IFREMER
 	
14:35 	A review of recent trends in biotoxin monitoring in shellfish
Conor Duffy, Marine Institute
 	 
14.55 	Coffee break – Posters and Stands (30 minutes) - Brendan the Navigator room
 	 
 Session 4: Harmful phytoplankton and biotoxin research 
15:25 	Phytoplankton trends and impacts from climate change drivers
Paula Hynes, Marine Institute
 	 
15:45 	PSP Safe Project: exploring molecular tools to address the increasing risk of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Ireland
Amanda Curtin, Marine Institute &amp; Francesca Cucchi, Atlantic Technological University
 	 
16:05
 Harmful phytoplankton species and molecular approaches to routine detection
Nicole Caputo, , Atlantic Technological University

 	 
16:25 	Shellfish Safety – Future Work &amp; Activities, 
Dave Clarke, Marine Institute

16:35 Workshop Summary
Joe Silke, Marine Institute


16:45	Close of workshop

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